Designed by Adamoli and Cattani (two Italian entrepeneurs) in 1918 it was intended to be the smallest practical biplane in the world fitted with the most powerful engine available back then, the 200hp LeRhône M.
They manage to design a conventional looking airplane, except for the hinged leading edges instead of the conventional ailerons, hence the lack of wires around the fuselage, except for those going from the vertical stabilizer to the horizontal stabilizers.
The Turinese Farina Coach building and Moncenisio offices completed the prototype.
Once the prototype was completed, the testing at the ground revealed that the engine, as it was installed, could only work at the 80% of it's capacity making it greatly underpowered. Testing continued until the end of the Great War when a new fighter aircraft wasn't needed no more.
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